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कुछ तो मैं भी बहुत दिल का कमज़ोर हूँ
Kuch To Main Bhi Bahut Dil Ka Kamzor Hun
Bashir Badr3 verses · ~1 min
कुछ तो मैं भी बहुत दिल का कमज़ोर हूँ कुछ मुहब्बत भी है फ़ितरतन बदगुमाँ
तज़करा कोई हो ज़िक्र तेरा रहा अव्वल-ए-आख़िरश दरमियाँ दरमियाँ
जाने किस देश से दिल में आ जाते हैं चांदनी रात में दर्द के कारवाँ
इति
The Poet
बशीर बद्र
Bashir Badr
1935 · 1999
Bashir Badr achieved something exceedingly rare in the modern literary landscape by bringing the Urdu ghazal out of the exclusive courts of intellectuals and directly into the hearts of the common people. Born Syed Muhammad Bashir in 1935 in Ayodhya, he cultivated a poetic voice that used the simplest, most everyday Hindustani vocabulary to express the deepest nuances of love, heartbreak, and social tragedy. His couplets are universally recognized and frequently quoted by individuals who may never have read a formal poetry book. His life was marked by profound personal tragedy, most notably when his home and decades of literary archives were burned to ashes during the communal riots of 1992 in Meerut. Yet, instead of responding with hatred, he channeled his grief into verses that pleaded for communal harmony and human empathy. Honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Shri in 1999, he later relocated to Bhopal. Bashir Badr stands as a living legend whose ghazals are permanently etched into the cultural memory of the subcontinent.

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